Peer to Peer Support for Queer Women What are Peer Support Services and what is a peer counselor? Peer counseling is an effective way of assisting and supporting people, on a variety of issues, by pairing them with people who have shared those life experiences. Peer counselors use their own stories in helping others develop hope …
5 Habits That Can Improve Your Mental Health Make: Exercise A common set of problems with many people who have depression is lack of motivation, negative self-image, and general weakness. Exercise can help change all of that. Studies have shown that jogging for around 30 minutes a day can increase your brain’s dopamine secretion (also known …
Adolescence and Mental Health Adolescence is a challenging period in life. It is a time of growth and development, a transitional part of life, moving through physical, mental, and social changes; a time to find one’s place in the world. Juvenile mental health travels along a spectrum ranging from positive feelings of mental well-being, through …
What are Telemental Health Services? Telemental health services are used when mental health staff is not physically present with you to evaluate your mental health needs. Mental health staff will be present at another location and available to serve you through newly available technology. Instead of talking to someone on the phone at another location, …
Services Designed with You in Mind Starting a mental health private practice has been a very challenging yet thoroughly rewarding experience. In my heart, I feel that it has always been my calling to work in the field of mental health. While in graduate school, I struggled with using the medical model to “help” people …
What is a Peer Counselor? “Peer Counselor” is a very simple and accurate label for those who play a critical and expanding role in the world of mental and emotional well being. A peer is someone who is on roughly the same level, has had the same experiences, as the client. It can be anything from …
Got Questions? We humans are a complicated and curious bunch. When we are young, many of us try to conform. As we get older, we search out and ask…are others like me or am I really so different?” Eventually, many of us reach a point when we want answers, when we want to feel more comfortable …
Caregiver Support Counseling Choosing to become a caregiver, through pregnancy, foster care, adoption, or an unforeseen situation with a friend or relative is a pivotal event in life. There can be so many emotions associated with becoming a caregiver. As you are preparing to be a caregiver, there isn’t a shortage of advice and personal actions …
